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True Crime Conversations
True Crime Conversations explores the world’s most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them. Follow us on TikTok @truecrimeconversations Want us to cover a case on the podcast? Email us at truecrime@mamamia.com.au
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Unmasking Chopper Read: The Infamous Australian Criminal
Part criminal, part storyteller, and part myth. Mark “Chopper” Read is one of Australia’s most polarising figures.
Today, we dive into the life...
We take you inside the new Amanda Knox series and real-life case
On a summer night in Italy in 2007, the brutal murder of Meredith Kercher shocked the world. Her American flatmate Amanda Knox, and her new boyfriend...
‘I Was Held In A Soundproof Bunker By My Stalker’
In October 2022, Samantha Stites was kidnapped and assaulted by a man who had stalked her for over a decade. After breaking into her Michigan home, he...
Inside The Mind Of Australia's Youngest Killer
What drives a teenager to become a killer?
In 2001, three-year-old Courtney Morley-Clarke was put to bed on a hot summer night on the NSW Centra...
Inside The Cecil Hotel: Dark Truths Behind Elisa Lam's Elevator Video
On a February morning in 2013, guests at the infamous Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles complained of brown, foul-tasting water. What the maintenance team di...
The Murder Of Carly Ryan & Her Mother’s Fight To Stop Online Predators
When police raided the home of 48-year-old Garry Francis Newman in March 2007, they found him sitting in his lounge room, chatting online with a 14-ye...
Barry & Honey Sherman: Bodies Found Posed By The Pool
You don’t expect to find two billionaires posed like mannequins by their own pool.
But on December 15, 2017, realtor Elise Stern did just that...
Sally Leydon Spent 30 Years Searching For Her Missing Mother
On October 19, 1997, Sally Leydon called her brother Owen to ask if their mum, Marion Barter—who was on a year-long trip overseas—had phoned for his b...
The Honeymoon Drowning That Turned A Groom Into A Murder Suspect
In October 2003, newlyweds Gabe and Tina Watson travelled from Alabama to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef for their dream honeymoon. Just 11 days after...
The Idaho Four College Murders
What began as a typical game day celebration for University of Idaho students would end in unimaginable horror on Saturday, November 12, 2022.
...
UPDATE: Snowtown Murderer James Vlassakis Has Been Granted Parole
In May 1999, two detectives followed a trail of suspicious missing persons cases to an old, red-brick bank in Snowtown, South Australia.
As the...
The Day Three Children Disappeared In Broad Daylight, Without A Trace
On a scorching summer day in Adelaide, January 26, 1966, the Beaumont children—Jane, Arnna and Grant—left for Glenelg Beach and never came home.
...
For Years, Karlie’s Murderers Convinced Her Family She Was Still Alive
When two-year-old Khandalyce Pearce vanished, police were baffled that her mother, Karlie, hadn’t reported her missing. What no one realised was that ...
Lisa McVey (Part 2): In Her Own Words, On Surviving A Serial Killer
Lisa McVey’s story is one of unimaginable pain and extraordinary power.
At 17, after surviving years of abuse, she was kidnapped and assaulted f...
Lisa McVey (Part 1): Inside The Minds Behind The Viral Film 'Believe Me'
At just 17, Lisa McVey was abducted by a dangerous man in Tampa, Florida. Over 26 long hours, despite unimaginable fear, Lisa stayed remarkably calm a...
Bradley Murdoch Takes Peter Falconio’s Whereabouts To His Grave
Bradley John Murdoch was convicted of Falconio’s murder in December 2005 and sentenced to life in prison. Now, there’s been a significant development....
The Killer Who Livestreamed His Mass Shooting On Facebook
On March 15, 2019, New Zealand was shattered by a terrorist attack unlike any in its history. Fifty-one worshippers were murdered and dozens more woun...
Australia's Black Widow: The Story Of Dulcie Markham
Dulcie Markham has been called Australia’s most beautiful bad woman.
Underworld figures describe her as "Black Widow," like the spider known for...
"The Moment I Realised The Man I Loved Was A Serial Romance Scammer"
When Heather let “Jace” into her Toronto condo to fix a kitchen cabinet, she had no idea she was opening the door to one of Canada’s most prolific rom...
Kidnapped, Abused & Held In A Pig Shed: The Shocking Case of Davine Arckens
When 24-year-old Belgian backpacker Davine Arckens reached out to a man on Gumtree about working on his farm, she was excited. The 88 days of labour w...
The Gonzales Family Murders
At just 20 years old, Sef Gonzales murdered his entire family, his father Teodoro, mother Mary Loiva, and 18-year-old sister Clodine, in their Sydney...
The Former Miss Australia Who Was Convicted Of Drug Dealing
Felicia Djamirze has lived many lives—counsellor, women’s justice advocate, three-time Miss Australia titleholder, and convicted drug dealer. Raised i...
Karen Read Found Not Guilty In Viral Murder Trial
Ever since the mysterious death of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe on a snowy night in 2022, the town where he died has been deeply divided. Was he...
Lauren Had No Idea She Married a Monster—Until She Learned the Truth
In 2015, Lauren Trevan’s husband was interviewed by police about messages he had sent to a teenage girl. He claimed they were harmless. They weren’t.<...
We Finally Know The Motive Behind Australia’s Deadliest Mass Shooting
Nearly 30 years have passed since the Port Arthur massacre — one of the darkest and most devastating events in Australia's history.
On April 28,...
The Woman Who Tricked 50 Doulas Into Believing She Was Pregnant
Kaitlyn Braun spun an elaborate web of lies, convincing over 50 doulas she was pregnant after a traumatic assault. Her deception confused and shattere...
How A Broken Law Sent Kathleen Folbigg To Prison
After 20 years in prison, Kathleen Folbig, once labelled Australia’s worst female serial killer, was released in just 56 minutes. New genetic evidence...
Hundreds Were Forced To Witness The Death Of Agnes Magnúsdóttir
She was young, poor, and alone in a harsh, unforgiving Icelandic landscape — and then she was sentenced to die. In 1830, Agnes Magnúsdóttir became the...
William Tyrrell: Is This The Breakthrough We've Been Waiting For?
He was three years old, dressed in a Spider-Man suit, playing in his foster grandmother’s yard — and then he was gone. Nearly a decade later, the disa...
Kat Torres: The Influencer Convicted Of Human Trafficking
Kat Torres had it all—famous friends, a jet-setting modelling career and a social media feed that painted the picture of a woman who had truly made it...
Tortured & Brainwashed: How Ben Shenton Survived Australia’s Most Disturbing Cult
At just 18 months old, Ben Shenton was handed over to a woman who claimed she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.
That woman was Anne Hamilto...
"I Had to Kill Him": The Woman Who Survived Dirty John
"Dirty John" Meehan, a serial con artist and violent criminal, was Terra Newell's stepfather. He had married her mother and spent years manipulating a...
Meet Heston Russell: The Veteran Falsely Accused Of War Crimes
Heston Russell has lived a life most of us couldn’t imagine. A former special forces commander, he’s been shot at, dropped out of helicopters, and led...
Escaping One Of Australia's Most Secretive Cults [re-release]
Laura McConnell grew up in a fundamentalist sect with no name.
Along with no official title, the group also claims to have no registration aroun...
The Podcast Host Who Solved A Murder When Police Couldn't
In 1993, a teenage girl vanished on her way to school in a quiet town in Ontario, Canada. That morning, she’d argued with her mother, Mary Ann—nothing...
What We Know About Stephanie Scott's Death 10 Years On
Stephanie Scott was just days away from marrying her long-time partner when she went into her empty high school on Easter Sunday to prepare lesson pla...
A Message From Gemma!
Hello, True Crime Conversations listeners! If your sharp investigative minds haven't already guessed, we're excited to share that our very own host, G...
How The Deaths Of Two Girls, Eight Years Apart, Uncovered Tokyo’s Worst Predator
Carita Ridgeway from Australia and Lucie Blackman from England arrived in Japan eight years apart, both working as hostesses, earning $150-$400 a nigh...
53 Years Ago Robyn & Her Classmates Were Kidnapped. This Is Her Story.
On a Friday afternoon in 1972, in the small town of Faraday, Victoria, 10-year-old Robyn Howarth was playing musical chairs with her classmates when s...
The Kapunda Triple Murder & An Unsuspecting Killer
In 2010, 18-year-old Jason Downie became obsessed with Chantelle Rowe, his friend’s girlfriend, after she rejected him. On the night of November 8th,...